The IDF spokesperson addressed the unrest in Benjamin region, stating that preliminary investigation indicates that IDF forces “did not use live fire toward Israeli citizens in the area. It should be clarified that the battalion commander’s force operating in the Beit Hatzor area in the Benjamin brigade did not use live fire at all.” Meanwhile, the claim that there are casualties from IDF force’s gunfire is being investigated. According to the IDF spokesperson, near the site of friction, masked individuals threw stones at a military vehicle, and the force responded with warning fire of three bullets. It is being examined whether there is a connection between this incident and the claim that an Israeli citizen was hit by a live bullet. The IDF spokesperson noted that this incident is being investigated “in all its aspects, including the warning fire.”
